time-to-event

[unpakwon]

Please make the following in red clear for me.

The main outcome was incident cancer. Time-to-event analyses were to estimate familial risk and heritability with follow-up via cancer registries. Statistical models adjusted for age and follow-up time and accounted for censoring and competing risk of death.

In the above, what is 'time-to-event'?
And would you please paraphrase the last sentence in easier English? Especially, what does 'censoring' mean in the context?

Thank you.

 

[unpakwon]

Could you look at this link, please? I can't explain it any better than what's here:

http://www.theanalysisfactor.com/censoring-in-time-to-event-analysis

Incidentally, are you sure this was copied correctly? The first sentence seems to be missing a 'performed' as in 'were performed', while the second should be 'were adjusted'.

Thank you for the answer. It has been very helpful.
And as you pointed out, I copied incorrectly the second sentence. "Time-to-event analyses were used to estimate..." I copied the rest correctly.